Bucks host Wizards in opener of home-and-home set
Basketball Betting Lines
03/03/2010 -
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Washington Wizards will try to stay unbeaten against
the Milwaukee Bucks tonight, when the two teams square off at the Bradley
Center in the opener of a home-and-home set.
Washington has won the first two matchups with the Bucks, including a 109-97
triumph in Wisconsin back on December 23. Milwaukee, however, has won 16 of
the previous 21 contests as the host in this series. These two teams will meet
again on Friday at the Verizon Center.
The Wizards ended a two-game slide with an 89-85 victory at New Jersey on
Sunday, as Andray Blatche posted a career-high 36 points, 15 rebounds and four
assists for the Wizards, who won for the fourth time in seven tries. Randy
Foye finished with 16 points and Al Thornton added 20 and eight boards.
"I just came off aggressive," Foye said of his clutch shot down the stretch.
"Yi (Jianlian) was on me, he tried to give me a little bit of pressure. I just
jabbed at him a little bit, he backed up and I pulled up for the jumper."
Washington will try to work on its 9-18 road mark Wednesday night.
Milwaukee hopes to get back in the win column after having its six-game
winning streak come to a close with Sunday's 106-102 overtime loss at Atlanta
in the finale of a three-game road swing.
John Salmons ended with a season-high 32 points and eight rebounds for the
Bucks, who had been 6-0 since acquiring the shooting guard from Chicago before
the NBA's trade deadline. Jerry Stackhouse came off the bench and scored 20
points, while Andrew Bogut chipped in 14 points, nine rebounds and four blocks
in defeat.
"We just weren't able to settle down [in overtime]," Bucks head coach Scott
Skiles said. "We played really hard...We came out today with a lot of
positives."
The Bucks have won two in a row at home and are 18-9 as the host this season.
<< Pistons and Knicks meet at MSG
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Detroit Pistons are back on the road for two games and
will try to stop a four-game slide tonight against the New York Knicks at
historic Madison Square Garden.
Detroit lost the last three tests of a four-game road swi
<< Best and worst clash as Cavs face Nets
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Cleveland Cavaliers will try to sweep the season series
from the New Jersey Nets for a second straight year when the two teams collide
Wednesday night at the Meadowlands.
The Cavs won all three meetings a season ago an
<< Short-handed Sixers visit Hawks
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Atlanta Hawks All-Star Joe Johnson is approaching a
career milestone and will most likely reach it tonight versus the Philadelphia
76ers in the opener of a brief two-game homestand at Philips Arena.
Johnson leads the Hawks
<< Magic host woeful Warriors
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Orlando Magic are back at home and will try to ride the
momentum from a blowout win in south Philly tonight, when they play host to
the Golden State Warriors at Amway Arena.
The Southeast Division-leading Magic crushed
<< Chiefs part ways with WR Darling
Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Kansas City Chiefs released wide
receiver Devard Darling and running back Dantrell Savage on Wednesday.
The 27-year-old Darling, who was on injured reserve for the entire 2009
season, had
Celtics hope to get back on track vs. Bobcats >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Boston Celtics have lost two in a row as the host and
will try to regain homecourt supremacy tonight versus the Charlotte Bobcats at
TD Garden.
Boston is 16-11 in Beantown this season and split six games at home last
Suns pay a visit to Clippers >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The red-hot Phoenix Suns get back to work in Los Angeles
Wednesday against their Pacific Division rival, the Clippers.
The Suns won for the sixth time in seven tries on Monday when Amare Stoudemire
poured in 19 points
Blazers host Pacers in Rose City >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Portland Trail Blazers hope to build on a successful
road trip tonight when they return to the Rose Garden to face the lowly
Indiana Pacers.
The Blazers finished an impressive 4-1 trek on Monday in Memphis w
Top-five foes collide in Lawrence in Big 12 battle >>
Lawrence, KS (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A top-five showdown is on tap in Lawrence this
evening, as the second-ranked Kansas Jayhawks close out the home portion of
their schedule, as they host the fifth-ranked Kansas State Wildcats at the
Allen Fieldhou
Terps take on Blue Devils in crucial ACC matchup >>
College Park, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The top two teams in the ACC collide in
College Park this evening, as the fourth-ranked Duke Blue Devils come calling
on the 22nd-ranked Maryland Terrapins.
Duke sits atop the conference standings at 12-2
NFL Football Trash Talk
Trash talk has a place in every competitive endeavor (except baseball; those stirrup-wearers are too busy chewing on their sunflower seeds and their supplements to worry about what their opponents are doing).
Fantasy sports is no exception. Any intelligent discussion of the subject
would probably start with a thesis statement or a definition of terms.
Thankfully, this wont be an intelligent discussion.
Let me just say that I am happy to take a place in this space alongside my talented colleagues, even our commissioner. (You should see how she bleats like a demented paper boy about league fees on our fantasy site).
Trash talking, I would argue, is primarily about amusing your friends,
their sheeplike demeanors and sloping foreheads notwithstanding. The best place I have found for football trash talking is at www.SportsAlarm.com.
Beyond the entertainment factor, though, I would recognize that the
sophomoric ritual has one advantage, when properly applied. It magnifies
your fantasy triumphs and mitigates your fantasy failures by transforming
the eventual point total into an afterthought. Winning makes it seem like
your opponent really is a truss-owning, lapel-pin-wearing nitwit. And in
defeat, trash talk can be the air bag to break the fall from your
hyperbolic heights. The plug-necked yahoos on your team, you can say,
will be sacking groceries by the end of the season.
The best trash talk, in my view, is layered and nuanced. And it doesnt
focus only on your opponents team. It picks apart your opponent. The idea
is to create a shock-and-awe-scale blizzard of nonsense, and the goal is to
make your opponent drop his hands from his keyboard in exasperation.
What team does your opponent root for? Accuse a Giants fan of having a Joe Namath pillowcase. Wheres your opponent from? Give a look of concern no matter his reply, then say, I'll try to type slower for you next time. Is your opponent into politics? Label everyone a tax-and-spend corporate shill.
Cap all that with a liberal application of irrelevance. For instance, dont just conclude by saying your opponent is a twerp who drafts like my grandmother. Say that your opponent is a sweater-wearing, eyebrow-plucking twerp who drafts his team about as well as Zsa Zsa Gabor gave acceptance speeches at the Oscars. By the time your foe makes sense of that, his starting running back will have had puppies.
But what about you? Hmm? Recall a memorable slam? Have a tried-and-true technique? Know someone who seems impervious to insult? Take a moment and tells us about it. Put together some (fit-for-publication) thoughts. You wont be too busy returning phone messages from your friends, Im sure, to reply.
In addition to the trash talking, the Sports Alarm has a huge gallery of high resolution pictures of beautiful women and models in bikinis. The most popular models are: Lindsay Lohan, Carrie Underwood, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Paris Hilton.
LaDainian Tomlinson Favorite to be 2007 NFL MVP
With the first NFL preseason game less than two weeks away, it is time to start thinking about football once again at MySportsbook.com. Reigning NFL MVP LaDainian Tomlinson is currently the 5-1 co-favorite to win the award again alongside Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning.
This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone after his all out assault on the record books last season. For those suffering from amnesia or were under a rock last football season, all L.T. did last season was set the NFL record for rushing touchdowns (28), total touchdowns (31) and total points scored (186) to go along with his 1815 rushing yards and 508 receiving yards. At 6-1, Tom Brady is next in line which isn’t surprising considering all of the firepower the Pats added over the off-season. With the addition of Randy Moss, Donte Stallworth and Wes Welker; it would be quite difficult for Brady’s numbers not to improve from last years 3529 yards and 24 touchdowns. There appears to be some decent value in Drew Bees at 10-1 considering he probably would have won the award last year if it wasn’t for L.T.’s record breaking season.
There is no reason to think the Saints will come back to earth this season and playing in a weak NFC, they should have as good a shot as any to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. At 15-1, Donovan McNabb could also be worth a look. Remember, many felt he was the MVP of the first half of the season before going down with a season ending injury. Reportedly, he is in great shape and well ahead of schedule to return to form. Also, he could have some added motivation to put up big numbers this season with the Eagles using their first pick in the draft on McNabb’s future successor Kevin Kolb.
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